Advocacy at UMass Amherst

by Rachel | May 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Featured, Uncategorized, Updates, West

Since last Fall, Sue, Western Mass Family Leadership Coordinator, has been working with a group of UMass Amherst students who are involved with the Boltwood Project, a student run civil service group that focuses on the disability community.  This great group of...

A Região Metro Mass agora está aceitando inscriçõespara a Série de Liderança Familiar de 2025

by Rachel | Jan 20, 2025 | Family Leadership Series, Featured, Metro-Boston, Training, Uncategorized, Updates

Gostaríamos de convidá-las para participar da Série de liderança familiar em português da região metropolitana. A Série de Liderança Familiar é um treinamento focado em como e por que defendemos nossos entes queridos com uma deficiência. Este treinamento será...

Spread Love with MassFamilies this Valentine’s Day

by Rachel | Jan 13, 2025 | Advocacy, Featured, Uncategorized, Updates

They say that honey catches more flies than vinegar, so let’s be sweet to our elected officials! MassFamilies invites you to join us in stealing our legislators’ hearts this Valentine’s Day with our annual Legislator Love Notes Campaign. Each...

MassFamilies hosts its 2024 Annual Meeting 🎉

by Rachel | Dec 16, 2024 | Advocacy, Central, Events, Featured, Metro-Boston, Northeast, Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates, West

MassFamilies would like to thank everyone who logged on to the 2024 Annual meeting on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Our Annual Meeting is a chance to report out on our activities over the past year and share our plans for the upcoming year! Highlights Check out the...

Application period for 2025 Western Mass Family Leadership Series now open!

by Rachel | Nov 4, 2024 | Advocacy, Family Leadership Series, Featured, Training, Uncategorized, Updates, West

Since 1990, MassFamilies has provided the Family Leadership Series to empower families and individuals to live and engage in their communities. Applications for the 2025 West Region Family Leadership Series are now being accepted. In-Person sessions will take place in...

MassFamilies Co-Chair contributes to published journal article 🖊️

by Rachel | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized, Updates

We are excited to announce that our very own co-chair, Rania Kelly, was part of a team that wrote a recently published article in the Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation. Rania worked with a team from Boston University, the Circle of Vietnamese...